Head of English

Qualifications and Professional Development. E = Essentia D = Desirable

• Qualified Teacher Status E
• Good Honours degree E
• Evidence of recent, relevant and continued professional development E
• Enhanced DBS check E
• Further recent qualifications relating to education, management, school leadership, or subject specialism D

Experience

• Experience of working in more than one school D
• A minimum of five years teaching experience D
• Experience of using data to support learning, set targets and monitor, evaluate the performance of all students E
• Substantial knowledge, understanding of, and commitment to teaching and learning across KS3-5 in English E
• An exemplary classroom practitioner with the ability to teach English across KS3-5 E
• Curriculum and/or pastoral leadership demonstrating a measurable impact on standards E
• Supportive of our commitment to tutoring and personal development of all students within your form group E
• Commitment to high quality CPD for yourself and others in the dept, including induction of ITT and ECTs E
• Experience of line management and performance appraisal D
• Experience of personnel issues, managing staff and holding them to account D
• Experience of working with school governors D
• Experience of financial management e.g. Dept budget D

Leadership knowledge and skills

• To think strategically and support the Headteacher in building and communicating a coherent vision E
• Excellent inter-personal skills E
• Involvement in dept self-assessment and improvement planning E
• Leadership and management of the quality of T&L within the dept through a clear QA process E
• Commitment & understanding of the principles & strategies that promote the highest quality teaching, learning and pastoral support E
• Current knowledge and understanding of the national education agenda E
• Experience and understanding of data analysis and the ability to use data to set and achieve improvement targets E
• The knowledge and experience of collaboration with other schools D

Personal attributes and skills

• Lead and work as part of, a high performing and cohesive team E
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing with a wide range of audiences E
• Maintain & develop the excellent relationships that exist between the School, staff, students, parents, governors and wider community E
• Successfully inspire, lead, manage and motivate staff and students to maximise their potential E
• Reliability, integrity, credibility, loyalty, enthusiasm, a sense of perspective and good humour E
• Commitment to promote the caring community ethos of the School and its collaborative approach E
• Ability to deploy a range of leadership skills appropriately E
• Demonstrate self-management including time management, working under pressure and meeting deadlines E
• Ability to manage and resolve conflict effectively and sensitively E
• Commitment to uphold and follow School policies and the Teachers’ Standards E

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